[Coco] forums restore

[Paul Fitch]

Roger, it an arms race, and it has always been so.  One month you are up,
the next you are down.  Even AI won't fix it, cause 2/3s of the Ais will be
'bad" guys. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Roger Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 5:55 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] forums restore
> 
> At 03:15 PM 7/8/2009, you wrote:
> >Yup, that's the one I saw.
> >I wish slow deaths upon such spammers!
> 
> 
> I can see who's in the forums and what they're doing and 
> their information.  3 spammers were just deleted. 3 servers 
> that were browsing the forums wildly and attempting to post 
> were just banned.  This cleared up the activity log and took 
> a load off the site.  One spammer's IP was changing (the last 
> 2 numbers) so I just blocked their IP as such #.#.*.* and 
> they're gone right now.
> 
> The bad part.. when the 7/5 backup is restored, I'll have to 
> do this again, as I'm working with a site image originally 
> from 2008 with a handful of new posts added yesterday and today.
> 
> I also blocked all *.ru e-mail addresses.  Soon to follow (sorry,
> guys) will probably be gmail, and maybe yahoo.  I don't use 
> anybody's e-mail address for anything so there's no need for 
> anybody to hide them.  They don't appear in any posts, either.
> 
> I think a more defensive action in the sign-up process will 
> help a Lot.  However, this can discourage some new visitors 
> from joining the gang.
> 
> We always snap back after mishaps like this so I expect 
> things to be back to normal within a week or two, but I'll 
> have to spend more time blocking known spammer IPs.  The huge 
> list I added that kept the site fairly clean for a long time 
> is no longer there, so I'll do that again and keep a better 
> eye on things.  Thankfully, Robert Gault has notified me when 
> somebody posted spam and it was usually a real person who 
> signed up and posed as a CoCo user.
> 
> Again, this is just typical stuff we have to deal with 
> occasionally, but it's painful for the admin to waste days of 
> time at the keyboard trying to repair what a trasher did.  I 
> still don't know how the PHP and MySQL folks just can't get 
> it right after all these years.  With each new upgrade, we 
> have new vunerabilities, and since they're posted on the web 
> for all to see, the spammers go right for it.
> 
> Microsoft should also be ashamed at robbing the entire planet 
> and causing more grief than any company has ever even come 
> close to.  Now they're pushing Windows 7 at the worst 
> economical times since the Great Depression, and offering 50% 
> off if you preorder.  No thank ya.  Face lifts just don't 
> qualify for an upgrade these days.  That's why I gave up on 
> Money years ago when I saw no difference between upgrades, 
> just more HTTP ads and links in the software's "home page" 
> which they seem to push into every new program now.  I did 
> try out their newest Money title (trial) but it deleted my 
> paid copy of Money
> 2006 and now I can't recover it, so they stole my software 
> and I have no way to access my money files now.
> 
> Folks, it's just a huge mess we have and nobody is immune to 
> being screwed at any given time.  You'll wake up tomorrow and 
> your hard drive will just quit working or your web site will 
> be on the blitz by a bunch of commies.  Your $1,000 laptop 
> will become a $5 rummage sale item, with nobody at fault and 
> nobody to "pay you back".  It's getting worse.  And Google 
> pretty much owns the web now.  There's nothing on the planet 
> that can stop them now, I'm afraid.  Get used to it.  If you 
> deal with Google, nothing is private about your life, and 
> they know what you're doing and what you like.  Because of 
> this, they know where you're going and what you'll be doing.  
> Since they own MySpace, and the entire planet is advertising 
> their life and every thought and more, we're all screwed and 
> our friends as well.
> 
> Just some thoughts.
> 
> 
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